I'll Never Understand Boys!

Talon lost his first tooth today. Actually, it was yanked from his head by a dentist with pliers, but, who's looking for details? Talon's eyes lit up -- he was so excited to loose his first tooth, he didn't even care how it was coming out.

We went to the dentist to get the last filling in a three visit series. A few days before this appointment I noticed that he had a tooth coming in under his tongue. When I showed it to the dentist he said, "yep, it's gotta come out".

You can see the hole just in front of the new tooth. I didn't realize, until I saw this picture, how much of the new tooth is already in. The dentist says they will straighten out. But, Shanon had the same thing, and his did not straighten out. Only time will tell.

Talon carried the tooth around all day in the little container they gave him at the dentist office. He even dropped it once and I had to fish it out from under the stove. You would think he just received his driver's license. He never even took pain meds. Tough boy!

So, what's the going rate for the Tooth Fairy these days?

Terrin's Ears

Terrin just finished a round of antibiotics and still has fluid behind his eardrums. So, we will trade his adenoids and "extra earlobe" for a new set of tubes on November 19th. If you have been around him much, you know he has a little extra piece of cartilage under his left ear. It is not a problem, however, because he will already be "under" they will remove it.

Here is a video of Terrin singing "Happy Birthday" to his mom last week. And, another of him singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". He is my future song leader. If he has a book, he will hold it up, wave his arm and sing, just like the song leaders at church.

All-American Halloween

The Seals' held true to tradition and had a big Halloween. On Friday night, we went to the Tennessee Aquarium for Aqua-Scarium. They had carnival type games, trick-or-treating and lots of divers in costume. My blog has a slide show of the pictures we took at this event.

Saturday night we attended the Trunk-or-Treat at our church, and then went home for the old fashioned type of Trick-or-Treating.

The American theme was not intentional. Talon decided to be Captain American. Terrin was just the right size for Talon's eagle costume from 2004.

When Talon said "Captain America" I was really excited. I thought "this will be easy". Wrong! I forget I am trying to please two foremost experts on super heroes -- Talon, and his dad. Every stitch I was told that it didn't look just right. However, my reward was Talon telling me "Mom, I will never forget that you did this for me!" It was worth every hour I spent.


On Sunday after Halloween, I was also rewarded with getting to watch Talon in the backyard. Correction, Captain America in the backyard fighting off bad guys and setting traps. There is nothing better, as a mom, than watching your child play when they have no idea you are sharing their innermost dreams.


Terrin wore Talon's old costume with pride. He learned to say "eagle" and, on occasion, would flap his wings and add a few sound effects.